EQBK vs. IBTX, PPBI, FBK, IREN, INTR, LU, FINV, PWP, CIFR, and WULF
Should you be buying Equity Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Equity Bancshares include Independent Bank Group (IBTX), Pacific Premier Bancorp (PPBI), FB Financial (FBK), Iris Energy (IREN), Inter & Co, Inc. (INTR), Lufax (LU), FinVolution Group (FINV), Perella Weinberg Partners (PWP), Cipher Mining (CIFR), and TeraWulf (WULF). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Equity Bancshares vs.
Independent Bank Group (NASDAQ:IBTX) and Equity Bancshares (NASDAQ:EQBK) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, risk and earnings.
Independent Bank Group pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Equity Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Independent Bank Group pays out -14.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Equity Bancshares pays out 15.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Independent Bank Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
77.9% of Independent Bank Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.8% of Equity Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. 3.5% of Independent Bank Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.0% of Equity Bancshares shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Independent Bank Group has a beta of 1.39, meaning that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Equity Bancshares has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Equity Bancshares has a net margin of 18.66% compared to Independent Bank Group's net margin of -43.45%. Equity Bancshares' return on equity of 14.64% beat Independent Bank Group's return on equity.
Equity Bancshares has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Independent Bank Group. Independent Bank Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Equity Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Independent Bank Group presently has a consensus price target of $60.60, suggesting a potential downside of 0.12%. Equity Bancshares has a consensus price target of $48.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.89%. Given Equity Bancshares' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Equity Bancshares is more favorable than Independent Bank Group.
Independent Bank Group received 150 more outperform votes than Equity Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 50.70% of users gave Independent Bank Group an outperform vote while only 48.45% of users gave Equity Bancshares an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Equity Bancshares had 3 more articles in the media than Independent Bank Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Equity Bancshares and 0 mentions for Independent Bank Group. Equity Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Independent Bank Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Equity Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Equity Bancshares beats Independent Bank Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:EQBK) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
